Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appointed attorney Cory Cox to temporarily serve on the state Supreme Court for Justice Barbara Webb, who is recovering from a head injury sustained during a fall. Webb has been absent from the court since May, when she injured her head in a fall, and has been recuperating in Houston. Chief […]
Harrell Wilson of Rison won the Republican nomination for a vacant Senate seat in southeast Arkansas on Tuesday, moving to the general election in the heavily-Republican district. Wilson defeated Missy Wardlaw and won nearly 65% of the 4,790 votes cast in the primary, according to unofficial results from the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. He […]
The Arkansas Department of Education launched a universal application system Tuesday for colleges and universities in the state. The portal launched a little over a year after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the Arkansas ACCESS Act, which directed the department to create a “uniform application” for college admissions in the state. Thirty-four public universities and […]
Arkansas’ next governor will likely help shape the state’s Medicaid expansion, which faces an uncertain future. The state requested permission to continue the program through the end of 2028 after the Trump administration denied its request to renew the program, which provides health coverage to more than 200,000 low-income Arkansans. When Medicaid was created in […]
The southwest Arkansas town of Hope is known for growing two things: governors and watermelons. Immortalized by former President Bill Clinton who ran as the “Man from Hope” in 1992, the town of 8,400 is also the birthplace of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her father, former Gov. Mike Huckabee. Hope is as proud of […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussions of domestic violence. If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. An Arkansas lawmaker who was arrested on charges of aggravated assault against his wife has resigned from the state House. House Speaker Brian Evans on Wednesday announced that Republican […]
Republican state Rep. Austin McCollum was arrested Saturday on domestic battering charges, prompting Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to call for his resignation and House Speaker Brian Evans to strip his leadership positions. McCollum was being held without bond in the Benton County jail on 3rd degree domestic battering charges, an online inmate roster showed. […]
A current and former member of the Arkansas Board of Corrections were granted permission by a Pulaski County judge Wednesday to intervene in a longrunning lawsuit over the panel’s power to fire top prison officials. Benny Magness, the board’s former chair, and Lee Watson asked Judge Patricia James to allow them to intervene in the […]
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders named Gary Stark as the newest member of the Arkansas State Board of Education Monday. A sixth-generation native of Cleburne County, Stark is a “lifelong educator, military veteran, and nonprofit executive who has spent more than 35 years serving students, teachers, schools, and communities,” according to a press release. Stark most […]
